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April 25, 2022

Cleaning and Tidying for Better Mental Health

Cleaning and tidying for better mental health might seem like a strange idea, however there is good evidence to suggest that when environments are clean and tidy, we feel better, and when we engage in the activity of cleaning and
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April 23, 2022

Counselling Support for Depression

Counselling Support for Depression can be incredibly useful if you are feeling depressed and finding yourself stuck in your depression. We have a blog – Dealing with Depression & Accessing Counselling, which explores what depression is, its signs, symptoms, causes
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April 11, 2022

Bereavement and Grief Counselling

Bereavement and Grief Counselling – Bereavement and Grief are often used interchangeably but are slightly different things. Bereavement is the experience of losing someone important to us. It is characterised by grief, which is the process and the range of
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April 4, 2022

Stress Awareness Month April 2022

Stress Awareness Month is held in April every year and has been for the last 20 years. Mentalhealth.org.uk defines stress as Stress is our body’s response to pressure. Many different situations or life events can cause stress. It is often
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March 28, 2022

World Autism Acceptance Week 28 March – 3 April

World Autism Acceptance Week is between 28 March and 3 April 2022. It was set up by the National Autistic Society and this year the society celebrates its 60th birthday. Autism is a lifelong developmental disability which affects how people
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March 21, 2022

Anxiety and Catastrophising

Anxiety and Catastrophising thoughts go hand in hand. When we catastrophise a situation we jump to the worst possible conclusion. We often do this even when we don’t have any, or very little evidence that such a thing will happen.
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March 14, 2022

Insomnia and Better Sleep – World Sleep Day 18 March

Insomnia and Better Sleep is a critical subject for all of us. If we don’t get a good night’s sleep our mental and physical health can be severely impacted. We might struggle to get a good night’s sleep for a
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March 7, 2022

National No Smoking Day – 9 March

National No Smoking Day is on 9 March. In the UK there are about 6.9 million adult smokers. Every year there are about 119, 776 deaths due to smoking. People smoke for many different reasons, for social reasons, to relieve
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March 1, 2022

Dealing with Uncertainty – Ideas & Tips

Dealing with Uncertainty has been a theme that we have all had to get used to in recent times. Since 2019 and the start of the pandemic, we have all become accustomed with not knowing how things are going to
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February 20, 2022

Anger Management Tips

Anger Management Tips can be very useful if you are someone who easily loses their temper. If you are someone who quickly sees red or loses their temper over minor issues having strategies to manage angry feelings can be useful,
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